Text Features
Text Structure
Central Idea and Evidence
Author's Purpose
Review
100
Which text feature tells the names of chapters and what page the chapters can be found?
What is the table of contents?
100
Which text structure explains the order or steps in which something happens?
What is chronological/sequence?
100
Read the passage and answer the question.
Working dogs are amazing animals specially trained to protect people and to make life easier for them. Some working dogs act as eyes for blind people, ears for the hearing impaired, and helpers for the physically challenged. Others help ranchers protect and move sheep and cattle from place to place. Police dogs help officers catch criminals, find illegal drugs, and weapons. Search dogs are trained to find disaster victims and missing people.
What is the central idea of the passage?
a. Working dogs help police officers catch criminals and make the world safer.
b. Working dogs are trained to protect people and help them do things.
c. Search dogs find disaster victims and help out all the time.
b. Working dogs are trained to protect people and help them do things.
100
Read the definition and decide which author's purpose it is.
The author wants to give you facts and information.
What is inform?
100
What is the definition of plot?
The events in a story
200
Which text feature is this an example of?
What is a diagram with labels?
200
Which text structure presents an issue and ways to solve that issue?
What is problem and solution?
200
Which of the following is a detail of the central idea?
Central Idea: It takes a lot of hard work to become a professional athlete.
a. Professional athletes make a lot of money during their career.
b. Anyone can be a professional athlete if they get lucky.
c. Professional athletes spend many hours each day practicing their sport.
c. Professional athletes spend many hours each day practicing their sport.
200
Which is most likely the purpose for an author writing an article about the history of airplanes?
a. entertain
b. persuade
c. inform
d. explain
c. inform
200
What is an internal conflict?
a problem that happens inside the character's mind.
300
Which text feature explains what a photograph or illustration is about?
What is a caption?
300
Which text structure lists features and characteristics of a topic?
What is description?
300
Which detail does NOT support this central idea? Central Idea: Subway has many healthy options on its menu.
a. Subway has many vegetables, such as tomatoes and peppers to add to sandwiches.
b. Subway has healthy meat, such as turkey, on the menu.
c. Subway has several fatty sauces, such as mayonnaise and ranch, to put on sandwiches.
c. Subway has several fatty sauces, such as mayonnaise and ranch, to put on sandwiches.
300
Read the definition and decide which author's purpose it is.
The author wants to amuse you or for the reader to enjoy the writing.
What is entertain?
300
Who are the four main characters in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
Who are Peter, Susan, Lucy, Edmund?
400
Which text feature is this an example of?
What is a bar graph?
400
Which text structure explains how two or more things are alike and different?
What is compare and contrast?
400
Which of the following is a central idea of the passage?
Lots of animals make sounds to talk to their own kind. Wolves howl, frogs croak, and dogs bark. Dolphins use one-of-a-kind whistles to identify themselves. It is like how humans have names. Scientists recorded different dolphin whistles. They changed some of the sounds so that they would not be familiar. Then, they played the whistles to 14 dolphins. The dolphins did not react to the changed sounds. When they heard the dolphins they knew, most of them turned to listen. It was like they expected to see their friends!
Which of the following is a central idea of the passage?
A. how scientists are always studying how wolves talk.
B. how dolphins live in the ocean and swim with whales and fish.
C. how dolphins have special sounds to identify themselves.
D. how every single person communicates in a different way
C. how dolphins have special sounds to identify themselves.
400
Read the definition and decide which author's purpose it is.
The author wants to convince you to do, buy, or believe something.
What is persuade?
400
What is the setting of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
What is Narnia?
500
Which text feature has key words and their definitions?
What is a glossary?
500
Which text structure explains why something happened and what happens as a result?
What is cause and effect?
500
Read the passage and answer the question
Almost half of all American kids aged 6 to 13 are home alone for part of the day. While being home alone can sometimes be scary, being prepared can make all the difference. First, discuss with your family what to do in case you have an emergency. What should you do if someone gets hurt, if a stranger calls or knocks on the door? Decide if any special rules that apply when you’re home alone. Can you use the microwave? Do you have to finish homework before you watch TV? Finally, come up with ways to entertain yourself. Are there books or games you might enjoy alone? If you’re prepared, being home alone can be fun or even relaxing.
What is the central idea of this passage?
a. Kids should finish their homework when alone.
b. Kids should have fun and be safe at home.
c. Kids who are home alone should be prepared.
c. Kids who are home alone should be prepared.
500
Why did C.S. Lewis most likely write Narnia?
A. to persuade
B. to inform
C. to describe
D. to entertain
D. to entertain
500
What is the definition of dramatic irony?
when the audience knows something the characters do not